DEAR BFF,

Year 6. Christmas

LUCY: so, hello there Shawn, the first person I ever texted in my life!

SHAWN: and hello there Lucy, likewise, the first person I ever texted in my life too!

LUCY: how do you like your christmas present?

SHAWN: I love it! and I am sorry Lucy for not giving you any present :(

LUCY: it's okay Shawn. I understand. Your happy face when I gave you that present is already a gift for me. I am glad that now we can easily reach out to each other outside of school. No more 'postman' now :)

SHAWN: thank you Lucy! You are the best!

LUCY: no. YOU ARE

SHAWN: no. YOU ARE

LUCY: stop copying me Shawn.

SHAWN: stop copying me Lucy.

LUCY: Shawn, stop.

SHAWN: Lucy, stop.

SHAWN: hello? Still there?

SHAWN: Lucy please. Stop being a girly girl.

LUCY: only when you stop being a man! Haahahaha you lose.

SHAWN: oh come on

LUCY: come where?

SHAWN: come take a ride on the wild side. Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain

LUCY: stop quoting Lana Del Rey.

SHAWN: ok then. Are you mad?

LUCY: why would I be mad? There is nothing I wanna do right now on Christmas night other than texting my bestfriend when our parents are not here with to be with us.

SHAWN: yeah me too.

LUCY: hey

SHAWN: what?

LUCY: you know what? I have a weird dream last night.

SHAWN: tell me

LUCY: do you know how much I hate Melanie, my science lab group member?

SHAWN: yes of course. You were always torturing my ears everytime you come to me screaming and complaining about her annoying you after every science lab for the rest of the year!

SHAWN: oh wait, don't tell me that you were dreaming of cutting her body into thirteen different pieces and feed them to polar bears again? Are you?

LUCY: no Shawn. Calm down. This time it is quite different.

SHAWN: how different? Did you cut her into thirty pieces this time? Or did you feed the sharks with her flesh instead of giving them to polar bears?

SHAWN: are you there?

LUCY: well this time, I dreamt that I was in my teenage years, and I was shopping in a mall. Then I saw Melanie. I was trying to act like I don't know about her existance around me but she suddenly looked so excited when she saw me. I was flabbergasted and she hugged me and she said she missed me. I just smiled and asked her, which college is she going. She said something about being a teacher. Well, it is quite blurry when it comes to this part but all I know is she told me that she is going to be a teacher. So like, the opposite of her right now. I mean, that bitchy girl is going to be a teacher? LOL

SHAWN: still there?

SHAWN: oh there you are.

LUCY: chill dude. I was typing.

SHAWN: okay, this is so weird. But I hope that it will come true.

LUCY: which part?

SHAWN: every part of it. It is quite a good dream.

LUCY: no way! Shawn, I don't know how could I be friends with Melanie? That is like, waiting for Bob to come back to me. It is impossible.

SHAWN: who knows? And, Lucy, I didn't know that you still haven't get over the fact that he is missing :(

LUCY: I didn't and I don't know how. Let's just not talk about it okay? I don't wanna be sad on Christmas.

SHAWN: okay. So I was wondering...

LUCY: wondering about what?

SHAWN: when are you going to visit your gramps' in Asia? Malaysia, to be exact.

LUCY: I think it is going to be next June. Why?

SHAWN:  nothing. Just curious. Why don't you look Asian? I mean, except for your black hair and eyes.

LUCY: well do you want me to be short, Shawn? Because I think that would be so uncool.

SHAWN: you're funny!

LUCY: Shawn I think I have a great idea

SHAWN: what?

LUCY: do you wanna go to Malaysia?

SHAWN: no money, no travelling.

LUCY: you don't have to worry about that! My parents have plenty!

SHAWN: ok but I would have to ask my mom.

LUCY: good. Think about it. It would be fun to have a holiday adventure with my bff!

SHAWN: Lucy, I hate to stop this conversation but my mom just got back from the church activity and I have to show her this present!

LUCY: okay then, Shawn. Merry Christmas :)

SHAWN: Merry Christmas to you too!